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Tees Valley: Meet the candidates in one of the biggest contests coming up in May’s local elections
One of the biggest contests coming up in May’s local elections is for the Tees Valley Mayor. It’s a post that’s only existed since 2017 – and has, so far, only been held by one person – the incumbent conservative, Ben Houchen. He won by a big
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Keir Starmer says public sector reform will be a struggle
The Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer has announced that Labour will spend nearly two billion pounds on upgrading Britain’s ports. The money would come in part from his planned increase in the windfall tax on oil and gas companies.
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Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell charged with embezzlement of funds from SNP
Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell charged with embezzlement of funds from SNP.
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Ukraine might finally get $60bn in American weapons and assistance to defend against Russia
A vote on a bill to provide the support will go before the US House of Representatives on Saturday.
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‘Shameless’ if US block our UN membership, says Palestinian ambassador
There’s expected to be a vote at the UN security council on granting Palestine full membership of the United Nations.
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‘No question’ that Rafah would be evacuated before a ground offensive says former Israeli National Security Advisor
We spoke to Major General Yaakov Amidror, a former National Security Advisor to Prime Minister Netanyahu.
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UK and US impose new sanctions on Iran following attack on Israel
Well the British and American governments both unveiled new packages of sanctions against Iran today, as G7 foreign ministers met in person to agree further action.
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Gaza is ‘humanitarian hellscape’, says UN as Israeli strikes continue
Israelis are now expecting their government’s latest military action against Iran to be after next week’s Jewish Festival of Passover.
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Scottish government ditches climate change targets
The Scottish government has confirmed it is scrapping its interim and annual targets for cutting greenhouse gases.
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Tory MP suspended for alleged misuse of campaign funds
The Conservative party admits it has known about at least some of the allegations against Mark Menzies for months – but only suspended the whip in the last day.
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Mark Menzies: is UK politics full of scandal?
As another scandal engulfs parliament, the SNP’s Mhairi Black and former Education Secretary Justine Greening join Matt Frei and Paul McNamara to discuss Westminster’s toxic culture.
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Windrush scandal: returning to the UK after a forty year wait
Imagine going on a family holiday and being told you have no right to return to the only place you have ever called home. That’s what happened to 70-year-old Richard Black, who went to Trinidad from the UK 40 years ago to visit his in-laws. He’s thought to be one of the earliest victims of…
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Netanyahu ‘survival’ depends on ‘expanding war’ says head of Palestinian National Initiative
The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to vote on a Palestinian request for full UN membership on Friday. Israel’s ally, the US, is expected to block the move because it would effectively recognise a Palestinian state. It comes as the UN appeals for more than £2.2 billion to help people in Gaza and the…
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Proposed law change could strip parental rights from paedophiles
A proposed law change is set to end an anomaly that protects other people’s children from paedophiles, but not the offender’s own. The current rules allow people convicted of raping a child to retain the right to be involved in key decisions about their children’s lives, with devastating consequences for many families, as we’ve previously…
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Hugh Grant settles privacy lawsuit against The Sun newspaper publisher
Hugh Grant has reluctantly settled a lawsuit against the publisher of The Sun newspaper over claims journalists used private investigators to tap his phone and burgle his house. The actor said he’d been offered “an enormous sum of money” to keep the matter out of court, which he accepted to avoid being stuck with a…